The Pokagons, 1683-1983: Catholic Potawatomi Indians of the St. Joseph River ValleyThis is the first full-scale scholarly ethnohistorical study of a group of Catholic Michigan Potawatomi, more often known as the Pokagon Band, who successfully avoided the Jacksonian removal policy and have remained in Michigan to this day. Co-published with the Potawatomi Indian Nation, Inc. |
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16531783 | 15 |
THREE The Potawatomi and the New American | 29 |
FIVE | 53 |
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